When boy likes you, you say no thank you. You don't kick him on the ground.

We stood there, looking at each other, saying nothing. But it was the kind of nothing that meant everything.

It's scary how easy promises were broken.

Firsts are best because they are beginnings

Here's something else, something important: Love is not transactional. It is not a bank account, you don't always get what you put in. Sometimes you put in so much and get very little return on your investment, at least that you can see right away.

It's the imperfections that make things beautiful.

Everything in my room was old and faded, but I loved that about it. It felt like there might be secrets in the walls, in the four-poster bed, especially in that music box.